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Mounting aperture seals for a vehicle battery pack

Grant US12580265B2 Kind: B2 Mar 17, 2026

Assignee

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

Inventors

Phillip Daniel Hamelin, Alexander M. Bilinski

Abstract

A battery pack for a vehicle, in accordance with a non-limiting example, includes a housing including a base, a plurality of side walls and a cover extending across the plurality of side walls. The cover includes an outer surface portion and an inner surface portion, and an aperture extending through the outer surface portion and the inner surface portion. A grommet having a central opening is arranged in the aperture. The grommet includes a first portion engaging the outer surface portion, a second portion engaging the inner surface portion, and a connecting portion joining the first portion and the second portion. A compression limiter having a passage is mounted in the central opening of the grommet. The compression limiter includes a flange surrounded by the first portion of the grommet and a support portion extending through the connecting portion to the second portion of the grommet.

CPC Classifications

B60K 1/04 H01M 50/262 H01M 50/249 B60L 50/64 B60L 50/66

Filing Date

2023-08-15

Application No.

18449901

Claims

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